Water-elevator



(No Model.)

J. H. HUNTER.

WATER ELEVATOR.

No, 269,675, Patented Dec. 26, 1882.

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EINITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH H. HUNTER, OF ADAIR, ILLINOIS.

WATER-ELEVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 269,675, dated December26, 1882,

Application fileddllay 25, 1882. No model.) i

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, JOSEPH-H. HUNTER, ofAdair, in the county of McDonough and State of Illinois, have invented anew and Improved ater-Elevator, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in water-elevators; and it consistsin the peculiar construction and arrangementofthe parts, as hereinaftermore fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim. I

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a front elevation of my improved water-elevator. Fig. 2 isaside elevation, and Fig. 3 is a detail view of two buckets hinged,together.

A represents adrum of suitable size, according to the work to heperformed, mounted in hearings in the uprights B of a frame suitablycontrived for the support of said drum, and the transmitting-train,regulating apparatus, and the bucket mechanism, on which drum a longbelt or cord, C, is wound to suspend the motive power consisting ofweights D.

The train for transmitting the power from the drum A consists of thewheels and pinions E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, and N. The wheel N turnsthe shaft 0, on which forked arms P are mounted, that carry the endlesschain Q. of buckets R, by which the water is elevated and dischargedinto a spout, (not shown,) to flow into the receptacle to be providedfor it. The buckets R are made of'an angular form, and have theirsideplates, 1), extended at both their upper and lower ends, which platesare pivoted together by the pintles a, so as to form an endless chain ofbuckets, Q. The forked ends 0 of the arms P engage with the pintles a,and suspend and rotate the endless chain of buckets Q when power isapplied to the driving-shaft O. The regulating-train consists of thewheel S, escape-wheel T, escape-lever V, and pendulum \V. The wheel G ofthe translnitting-train is connected with the shaft X by the ratchet Yand pawl Z, so arranged as to allow shaft X to be turned backward by thecrank a for winding up the weight without effect on the rest of thetransmitting-train.

It will be seen that by a very simple contrivance, to be wound up onceaday or longer, according to the length of the weight on cord 0, acontinuous supply of water may be had without other attention, which isdesirable in I am aware of the'patent of A. Vantrump for awater-elevator, dated March 27, 1877, and therefore lay no claim to suchinvention. In my invention I dispense entirely with the jointed endlesschain or belt, to which Van Trump secures his buckets, and the upper andlower stretching-rollers of his construction, and pivot the extensionsof the sides of my buckets together by pintles, and in lieu of an upperstretching-roller secure spokes to the axle with forked ends to carrythe buckets.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination,with the angular buckets R, having their side plates, 1), extended attheir upper and lower ends and hinged together by the pintles'a, ot' theshaft O, radial arms P, having forked ends 0, adapted to engage with thepintles of the chain and suspend and rotate the buckets, and mechanism,SllbStHll-. tially as describethl'or rotatingsiid shalt, substantiallyas set. forth.

JOSEPH II. HUNTER. Witnesses:

T. J. SPARKS, MICHAL S. CASSIDY.

many cases, rather than intermittent supplies.

Having thus fully described my invention,

